California Air Quality and Climate Legislation

CARB’s Office of Legislative Affairs serves as the principal resource on legislative issues relative to air quality and climate change for the California Environmental Protection Agency and the Governor’s Office. The Office of Legislative Affairs provides technical expertise relating to pending legislation and serves as a resource to the Legislature and legislative staff.

CARB's 2020 California Air Quality and Climate Legislation webpage catalogues the most pertinent legislation that CARB's Office of Legislative Affairs tracked during the previous Legislative session. Beginning with the 2020 session, CARB transitioned to this modernized, web-based platform, which can be accessed below. The annual summaries for the 1998 through 2019 sessions are available at CARB's California Air Quality Legislation Archive.

186 bills found for
SessionBill NumberBill TitleAuthor CategoryStatus
2019-2020 SB 708 2020 - Senate Bill 708 (Hueso, Ben), Independent System Operator Transparency (Dead)Hueso.Ben Energy Dead
2019-2020 SB 732 2020 - Senate Bill 732 (Allen, Ben), South Coast Air Quality Management District Transactions and Use Tax (Dead)Allen.Ben Air Quality and Emissions, Transportation Planning, Land Use, and Housing, Local Air Districts Dead
2021-2022 SB 733 2021 - Senate Bill 733 (Hueso, Ben), California Energy Commission Report to the Legislature (2-Year)Hueso.Ben Energy 2-year
2021-2022 SB 733 2022 - Senate Bill 733 (Hueso, Ben), Gas Corporations: Renewable Gas Procurement (Dead)Hueso.Ben Energy, Fuels Dead
2019-2020 SB 802 2020 - Senate Bill 802 (Glazer, Steven), Deenergization and Health Facility Emergency Backup Generators (Dead)Glaser.Steven Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts Dead
2021-2022 SB 846 2022 - Senate Bill 846 (Dodd, Bill), Diablo Canyon Powerplant: Extension of Operations (Chaptered)Dodd.Bill Energy Chaptered
2019-2020 SB 858 2020 - Senate Bill 858 (Beall, Jim), Thermal Powerplant Licensing Exemption for Emergency Backup and Standby Generators at Data Centers (Dead)Beall.Jim Air Quality and Emissions, Enforcement and Penalties, Local Air Districts Dead
2023-2024 SB 867 2023 – Senate Bill 867 (Allen, Ben), Drought, Flood, and Water Resilience, Wildfire and Forest Resilience, Coastal Resilience, Extreme Heat Mitigation, Biodiversity and Nature-Based Climate Solutions, Climate Smart Agriculture (2-Year)Allen.Ben Forestry and Wildfire Prevention, Energy 2-year
2021-2022 SB 942 2022 - Senate Bill 942 (Newman, Josh), Low Carbon Transit Operations Program: Free or Reduced Fare Transit Program (Chaptered)Newman.Josh Air Quality and Emissions, Climate Change, Environmental Justice Chaptered
2019-2020 SB 952 2020 - Senate Bill 952 (Nielsen, Jim), Tax Exemption for Backup Electrical Generators Used During Deenergization Events (Dead)Nielsen.Jim Air Quality and Emissions, Enforcement and Penalties, Local Air Districts, Incentives Dead
2021-2022 SB 989 2022 - Senate Bill 989 (Hertzberg, Robert), Transformative Climate Communities Program (N/A)Hertzberg.Robert Air Quality and Emissions, Climate Change N/A
2019-2020 SB 1020 2020 - Senate Bill 1020 (Dahle, Brian), Income Tax Credit for Backup Generators (Dead)Dahle.Brian Air Quality and Emissions, Enforcement and Penalties, Local Air Districts, Incentives Dead
2021-2022 SB 1020 2022 - Senate Bill 1020 (Laird, John), Clean Energy, Jobs, and Affordability Act of 2022 (Chaptered)Laird.John Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice Chaptered
2019-2020 SB 1024 2020 - Senate Bill 1024 (Jones, Brian), Off-Highway Vehicles (Dead)Jones.Brian Motor Vehicles, Air Quality and Emissions Dead
2021-2022 SB 1075 2022 - Senate Bill 1075 (Skinner, Nancy), Hydrogen: Green Hydrogen: Emissions of Greenhouse Gases (Chaptered)Skinner.Nancy Energy, Fuels Chaptered
2021-2022 SB 1086 2022 - Senate Bill 1086 (Melendez, Melissa), Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Salton Sea Restoration (Dead)Melendez.Melissa Air Quality and Emissions, Climate Change Dead
2019-2020 SB 1099 2020 - Senate Bill 1099 (Dodd, Bill), Deenergization and Critical Facilities’ Emergency Backup Generators (Dead)Dodd.Bill Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts Dead
2021-2022 SB 1104 2022 - Senate Bill 1104 (Gonzalez, Lena), Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development: Office of Freight (Dead) Gonzalez.Lena Air Quality and Emissions, Climate Change, Freight Transportation and Ports Dead
2021-2022 SB 1109 2022 - Senate Bill 1109 (Caballero, Anna), California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program: Bioenergy Projects (Chaptered)Caballero.Anna Energy Chaptered
2019-2020 SB 1113 2020 - Senate Bill 1113 (Gonzalez, Lena), California Air Resources Board Air Quality Information on Website (Dead)Gonzales.Lena Air Quality and Emissions Dead
2019-2020 SB 1117 2020 - Senate Bill 1117 (Monning, William), Billing Credits Sub-Metered Customers (Chaptered)Monning.William Climate Change, Energy Chaptered
2019-2020 SB 1122 2020 - Senate Bill 1122 (Skinner, Nancy), Green Electrolytic Hydrogen (Dead)Skinner.Nancy Energy, Low and Zero Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure Dead
2021-2022 SB 1132 2022 – Senate Bill 1132 (Wieckowski, Bob), Air quality health planning (Dead)Wieckowski.Bob Air Quality and Emissions Dead
2021-2022 SB 1136 2022 - SB 1136 (Portantino, Anthony), California Environmental Quality Act: Expedited Environmental Review: Climate Change Regulations (Vetoed)Portantino.Anthony CEQA, Air Quality and Emissions Vetoed
2021-2022 SB 1158 2022 - Senate Bill 1158 (Becker, Josh), Retail Electricity Suppliers: Emissions of Greenhouse Gases (Chaptered)Becker.Josh Energy, Air Quality and Emissions Chaptered
2019-2020 SB 1164 2020 - Senate Bill 1164 (Grove, Shannon), Refinery Monitoring Systems (Dead)Grove.Shannon Air Quality and Emissions, Fuels, Local Air Districts Dead
2019-2020 SB 1185 2020 - Senate Bill 1185 (Moorlach, John), Deenergization and Natural-Gas-Powered Emergency Backup Generator (Dead)Moorlach.John Air Quality and Emissions, Local Air Districts Dead
2021-2022 SB 1235 2022 – Senate Bill 1235 (Borgeas, Andreas), Air pollution: Portable Equipment: Emergency Events (Dead)Borgeas.Andreas Air Quality and Emissions Dead
2021-2022 SB 1297 2022 - Senate Bill 1297 (Cortese, Dave), Low-Embodied Carbon Building Materials: Carbon Sequestration (Dead)Cortese.Dave Energy Dead
2021-2022 SB 1319 2022 - Senate Bill 1319 (Grove, Shannon), Oil imports: Air Quality Emissions Data (Dead) Grove.Shannon Air Quality and Emissions, Climate Change, Freight Transportation and Ports Dead

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